An anonymous Academy member has revealed their harsh voting ballot in which they suggest Meryl Streep played Florence Foster Jenkins "like a clown", and that La La Land wasn't memorable.

The unnamed Oscar voter happily shared their views about this year's current list of contenders to The Hollywood Reporter, along with their explanation of why for each.

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The longtime female member began her critique with Best Picture, in which she immediately admits she "hated" Arrival. Why? Well, because it "sucked".

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And while she found magical musical La La Land - the favourite to win the top accolade this weekend -"tremendously enjoyable", she argued that it wasn't "that deep or memorable".

In contrast, she claims that while Jeff Bridges' gripping western heist drama Hell or High Water won't win (but really should), it will be "remembered as a true American classic".

On the Best Actress nominees, the member says frankly that she "hated all of them", and thought "Meryl [Streep] played it like a clown". She also suggests that Meryl's impassioned political speech at the recent Golden Globes "solidified her nomination".

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She refers to Emma Stone as "the girl in La La Land", and adds that Emma will probably win even though she "doesn't think she was wonderful as people are saying".

On the Supporting actress list, she confesses to boycotting BAFTA winner and current favourite Viola Davis, because Viola should have been in the lead actress category.

"When the studios put these actresses who are clearly the lead in the supporting category — like they did with [The Danish Girl's] Alicia Vikander last year, even though she had more lines than the guy [Eddie Redmayne] — that really irks me," the voter explained. "Because it prevents real supporting actresses, like the waitress in Hell or High Water [Margaret Bowman], from getting nominated."

She then dismisses Nicole Kidman [Lion] as not being all that different from everything else I've seen her do."

Ouch.

From: Cosmopolitan UK
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